OBITUARIES
Benedict Lohr
Mar 28, 2013
Benedict William Lohr June 29, 1928 - March 28, 2013 Chapel Hill Bill Lohr, 84, a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and man of many accomplishments, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at home after a brief illness, surrounded by his immediate family. A native of Jamaica, Queens, NY, he was the son of Charles Henry Lohr Jr. and Margaret Louise...
Evelyn Durham
Mar 26, 2013
Evelyn Eugene Durham June 5, 1931-March 26, 2013 Evelyn Eugene "Bird" Durham, 81, of Chapel Hill, NC died March 26th, 2013. She was born in Durham, NC, the daughter of Walter Leo Pickett and Minnie Finch Cole Pickett. Bird was a graduate of Durham High School. In 1955 she was married to Charles Mebane Durham at Yates Baptist Church...
Norman Kane
Mar 24, 2013
Norman Harold Kane Jr., 88, of Chapel Hill, NC, husband of over 50 years to the late Michal (Lowenfels) Kane, died Sunday at his home in Chapel Hill, NC. Born in 1924, he was a son of the late Norman Harold Kane, Sr. and the late Madeline Elizabeth (Chadwick) Kane. Mr. Kane received undergraduate and masters degrees from the...
Jane Reinecke
Mar 22, 2013
Jane Sutherland Reinecke March 23, 1934 - March 22, 2013 Chapel Hill Jane passed away peacefully at UNC Medical Center after a short illness. She grew up in Southern Pines and Fayetteville, attended St. Mary's in Raleigh and graduated from Woman's College in Greensboro. She spent most of her working career at Burrough's Wellcome until her retirement in 1995....
Charles Durham
Mar 19, 2013
Charles Mebane Durham July 8, 1928 - March 19, 2013 Charles Mebane Durham, 84, of Chapel Hill, NC died March 19, 2013. He was born in Chapel Hill, NC, the son of Mr. Clyde Strowd Durham and Mrs. Lily Mae Edwards Durham. Mebane attended Chapel Hill High School and upon graduation served in the US Army. In 1955 he...
Doris Bowden
Mar 17, 2013
Doris Robinson Bowden (72) of Chapel Hill, died March 17, 2013 at UNC Memorial Hospital after a brief illness She was a native of Hillsborough NC and was retired from University of Chapel Hill. She is survived by; son Darrell Bowden (Kathy), daughters Carol Inscoe (Lathan), Cheryl Barbour (Donnie); brothers Johnny Robinson (Francis), Neil Robinson (Carolyn), Rickey Robinson (Ruth)...
William Goodson
Mar 15, 2013
Walker's Funeral Home 304 W. Center Street Mebane, NC 27302 (919) 563-9211 TO: Obituary Desk ALAMANCE COUNTY MEBANE -Mr. William Oliver Goodson, 72, 2323 Patrick Drive, Mebane, died Friday, March 15, 2013. He was born on December 11, 1940, in Caswell County, son of the late Oliver and Ariel Phillips Goodson. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church...
Sally Parker
Mar 10, 2013
CHAPEL HILL Sally Minor Parker died peacefully at her home in Chapel Hill, NC on Sunday, March, 10. Born in Batavia, New York on November 13, 1925 to Henry H. and Monica Hanley Minor, Sally soon developed a life-long love for horses. Later, while attending Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, FL, she met and subsequently married, Daniel S....
Dorothy Allen
Mar 10, 2013
Chapel Hill Dorothy "Dot" Allen, 86 died at home in Chapel Hill on March 10, surrounded by her family. Dot Passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was the daughter of the late Rom Dixon Sr. and Etta Dixon. Dot was born in Jones County and moved to Durham in the early 60's. She worked for many...
Charles Bertsch
Mar 9, 2013
Charles Edward Bertsch, age 89, died on March 9, in Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, North Carolina. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Gilbert and Nettie Bertsch. He married June, his wife of 67 years, in 1943. He was an Army veteran who fought for several years in the Pacific theater during World War II. He and...
June Scott
Mar 9, 2013
June Dorothea Gahrs Scott, resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at her home on March 9, 2013, after an extended illness. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, June was also a resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the past twelve years. June was born May 31, 1922, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter...
Wendy Baker
Mar 8, 2013
Mrs. Wendy Dement Baker died Friday, March 8, 2013, in Duke Medical Center. She was the daughter of Sue Ellen Hughes and the late Donnie Dement, Sr. Surviving are her husband, Ronald Baker, her mother, Sue Ellen Hughes, step-mother, Tammy Wakefield, step-father, Bobby G. Hughes, five children: Vince Tolotta, III, Frank Dement Tolotta, Kathy Leigh Buchanan, Rebeca Baker, and...
Mary Turner
Mar 8, 2013
HILLSBOROUGH - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lloyd Turner "Peggy", 84, died Friday, March 08, 2013. She was a native of Orange County and was educated in the Orange County schools. She was dietary supervisor at Watts Hospital and retired from the Orange County Schools cafeteria department. She gained much joy from playing the piano as well as from her love...
Jamie Stone
Mar 7, 2013
Jamie Denise Woody Stone June 28, 1979 - March 7, 2013 Chatham County Jamie Denise Woody Stone, age 33, entered into the gates of heaven on Thursday, March 7, 2013. She passed in her home in Pittsboro unexpectedly. Jamie was a lifetime resident of Chatham County. She was a wonderful and loving mother to four beautiful children, a caring...
James Riley
Mar 6, 2013
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, James Paul Riley, a lifelong resident of Hillsborough, NC passed away at the age of 87. He was born in Hillsborough on June 15, 1925 to Paul Miller Riley and Mary Oakley Riley. Eager to serve his country during WWII, James enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 17 and proudly...
Paul Barker
Feb 25, 2013
Chapel Hill, NC - Paul A. Barker died peacefully at his home in Chapel Hill on February 25 after a brief illness. He was 64. He is survived by his wife Faye Barker of Chapel Hill, and daughters Patience Miller (Rob) of Kenosha, WI and Anna Birck (Nick) of Ventura, CA; and grandchildren Kiersten and Caden Miller and Miriam...
